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<DIV><SPAN class=406042712-15102010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
problem isn't English Heritage itself. It is there to a job that needs
doing, ensuring the survival of historic buildings for future generations.
The difficulty we have is a specific one: the way it
interprets that role in relation to church bells and their fittings, which
it sees as artefacts rather than musical instruments. It's up to us to put
forward an approach which protects all the relevant
interests.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=406042712-15102010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
Rivet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Richard Offen<BR><B>Sent:</B> 15 October 2010
12:24<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[Bell Historians] EH - The QUANGO axe<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Optima color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Optima">Look on the bright
side, EH might have been axed and the government come up with something
worse!<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<ST1>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</ST1>
[mailto:<ST1>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</ST1>] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Steve Stanford<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, 14 October 2010 11:09
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
<ST1>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</ST1><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Bell Historians] EH - The
QUANGO axe</SPAN></FONT><O></O></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Very disappointing to learn that
EH has survived, and the QUANGO axe has fallen a little short!
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">DCMS
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<P class=default0><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
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<P class=default0><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Retain
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- Retain on grounds of
performing a technical function which should remain independent from
Government </SPAN></FONT><O></O></P></TD></TR><O></O></TBODY></TABLE>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’d rather hoped that the
government might dig a little deeper into their activities and consider
whether and how they deliver ‘value for money’ in the current climate. So
perhaps now is the time to be offering suggestions for further cost reduction
opportunities to our MPs (possibly more effective than indulging in debates
with EH at expensive <ST1><ST1>London</ST1></ST1> venues). If the details (and
cost) of some recent cases with bells were more widely known, I am not sure
there would be many votes for continuing to support that particular kind of
expenditure / tax redistribution as a priority, or yet frustrating what is
often voluntary work and contributions by the ‘Big Society’.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Steve<O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O></P>
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